Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-21
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cLA0azTz1 " J. J. April IS, 1857.
EDfT0R PosT- ExTKE1xaKxcKR:
he summary disposition Of tie Scat
ford tragedy b. The Authorities 4 sat
Iie eoGnrDa tie adaes that - uonan
has no rights that . man 4 bound 10 re-
spsct-p sp4ford and his wife cane 70
slaughter 10 destifuts condition. and
NE women asme 30 the rescue Uith
vhafsvsF vas necessary. On ssnday
ano M0n9ay she vas seen on the streets.
Tuesday m0rnine her eriss end Iamsn-
tastons we're ksarsrendIna. Or. Ballard
was called, bEt affsnded no relief. DR..
hughes vas called wednesday with no
oettar success, and death relieved her
from the grasp Of Der tyrans on Satuf-
DAY morrinR. Stafford insisted on CIV
ne her his Indian medicine. urging
that Il would pEOdnca abortion at
ny s14Re Of RcsfatioH - that be
had tried n before, but the
enild vas stiiIborn; that the tribe Of
Indians that used it had very few
enlAafens and that q little given az car
tam times vould prevent ehtld bearing.
lie docssr psEempsorily refused to al
10Y u Riven, and yet he did and had
Riven Is and other medicines forkidden
oy zoe doctor, urging that the doctor
need net know is He claimed that as
ms wife bad been injured before, the
chances Of delivery was besssr at seven
months than nine. Thus assuming the
responsibility Of producing abortion,
ana acting accordingly, and bis fire.
qoent manipuiations Eifh his hand was
fsv0it1nR, the effect Of which, am told,
Hae plainly revealed By the autopsy.
ne frequently expressed himself IS haV-
ine wiil-povsr over her, that whatever
ne wllleo would come 10 pass, II be
silieo she should live, IL W0nId be 90; il
tAe contrary, she would die. In the
presence OF company be appeared 70 be
kind, when alone, persons in the ed
1ointnR room say that his language 10
Der was dreadful. Her beseeehinR
looks 81 times betrayed the NEST intense
agony, both Of mind and body. On
FRIDAY night, when death was certain,
ne insisted ON being left alone with her,
Altnouen watchers were provided.
Nov, for ths prstaxt that bis
eopviction depended upon the
chemical test as 70 he sertaintv that
tnet medicine would produce abortion,
this will snffice. Whenever Il can he
pseVen By chemical test shat castor oil
= = o1N-A~-t w. haoH viii ~ DC nO8diDIo
for ahe chemist 10 prove that that drug
10 or u not an abortive. The Indians
state that ID always causes the death Of
the child and mother too, unless she 10
relieved Of it. Il has bean said that the
gates OF knowledge have been threwn
vide open to woman, and che is invited
70 eater and enjoy to the full extent Of
her capacity. Bat when her enlieht
ment tends to make her more sensitive
70 wrong, and to her inequality before
the Law, We may well take comfort In the
adage. when ignorance 10 bliss il is
folly 70 be visa" and ask TO Ls restored
To- our coalition in the bsrbarous aces,
when We we're yoked up with the brutes
to plow the soil for our masters.
The Prosecuting Attorney knows that
mere was no unwarrantable zeal mani
Tested for the prosecution Of Spafford.
All that was asked was, that justice b.
dene. Now that his ease 10 disposed Of
ie gall y, In behalf Of woman, / state
that he (SpafoFd) lie not q safe man in
society, not even the socisty Of brutes,
and should be assigned his proper place,
either in the asylum or on MeNeirs
Island. H.Y.Z.